LafargeHolcim spokeswoman Unathi Batyashe-Fillis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Fillis is featured in Alexander Nevzorov's book and movie The Horse: Crucified and Risen.
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He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of John Fillis, and came to Nova Scotia around 1751. He had married Elizabeth Stoddard in 1747. Fillis established a shipping business based in Halifax, with a branch in Boston. He also set up a distillery in Halifax.
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In his preface to Breaking and Riding (1890), Fillis states his fundamental principle thus: His motto was "en avant", "forward". His method of equitation consisted, in his own words, of: Fillis was also accredited with a particular style of holding the reins of a double bridle, whereby the snaffle rein passes over the index finger and the curb rein under the little finger, however, he himself referred to this as the "French" way in his book Breaking and Riding.
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In 1756, he married Sarah Cleveland (Rudduck). Fillis was also a justice of the peace. He died in office in Halifax. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia).
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"Winged Assassin" is regarded as one of the best episodes of Captain Scarlet by Anthony Clark of sci-fi-online.com and as a series highlight by Mike Fillis of Cult Times and Ultimate DVD magazines. Fillis praises special effects director Derek Meddings for producing "miniature magic" with the DT19 scale model. Ian Fryer, author of The Worlds of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, considers "Winged Assassin" to be the series' "key episode", writing that "no episode ... expresses the horror of the series concept better".
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This hold is usually used if the horse is especially hard-mouthed, easily distractible, or needs a bit more curb action because he tries to raise his head. It should only be applied by riders with exceptionally soft hands who have a good foundation in using the double bridle. Two of the mild forms of this type of hold involve the curb rein either under the fourth finger, or between the fourth and third finger, while holding the bradoon between the second and third fingers. The most extreme form of this is called the "Fillis Hold", named after James Fillis.
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In Vlissingen he fell in love with Francina/Fransje (or Fillis) Baane. However, she engaged herself to another man in 1779, who died a year later. Jacobus then secretly engaged Francina. When Francines mother found out about their affair, she forbade it.
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James Fillis (1834–1913) was a well-known English-born French riding master. He was trained by Francois Caron, a student of Francois Baucher, in France and also studied with Victor Franconi (famous for the Cirque Olympique de Franconi). Although engaged to train horses for the French Thirteenth Army during the Franco-Prussian War, Fillis was never officially employed at Saumur - although his name is inscribed on the roll of Écuyeres Célèbres. Whilst performing with the Ciniselli Circus at St. Petersburg, Russia - he caught the attention of the Grand Duke Nicholas, who subsequently offered him the position of Ecuyer en chef at the Russian Cavalry School.
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In 1899, Frank E. Fillis brought his circus and stage show "Savage South Africa", featuring a number of Zulu performers, to the Empress Theatre at Earls Court in London as part of the "Greater Britain Exhibition". The actors dramatically played out famous battles from the Matabele wars twice a day. The program featured "Wilson's Heroic Stand at the Shangani River", a re-enactment of the battle of the Shangani Patrol. Fillis himself played Major Wilson, Peter Lobengula played the Matabele King Lobengula, and Burnham was played by the adopted son of Texas Jack Omohundro, "Texas Jack" Jr., who later ran a Wild West show in South Africa featuring the American cowboy and entertainer Will Rogers.
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Lower Avonport (LA) "Home of the world famous Avonport Beach". is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Kings County between the mouths of the Avon River and the Gaspereau River. "One of Nova Scotia's best striped bass fishing destinations". Early settlers included the Fillis and Reid families.
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Mike Fillis, a contributor to Cult Times and Ultimate DVD magazines, applauds the episode's humour and sound effects. He compares the character of the Duchess of Royston to Dame Margaret Rutherford's portrayal of the Duchess of Brighton in the 1963 film The V.I.P.s. John Marriott, in his book Thunderbirds Are Go!, describes the DOMO as "entertaining" and expresses disappointment that it does not appear in subsequent episodes.
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In 1996, Lindsey had an affair with Mike Dixon (Paul Byatt). In revenge for this her husband Gary Stanlow (Andrew Fillis) plants drugs in daughter Kylie's (Jessica Allen) teddy bear before the two head for Australia. The two are arrested en route in Bangkok. At the time Lindsey's father Jimmy and Mike's father Ron (Vince Earl) had been enemies after Jimmy had accidentally killed Ron's son Tony (Mark Lennock).
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Exhibits included a mineral exhibition from Victoria colony, a 120m cyclorama of the Arrival of the Hungarians known as the Feszty Panorama, a model gold mine, and a twice-daily equestrian show called Savage South Africa directed by Frank E. Fillis which inspired the 1899 silent film Major Wilson's Last Stand. The final scene from Savage South Africa One of the gold medals awarded by the exhibition was won by Hans Irvine.
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John Fillis (c. 1724 - July 16, 1792) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia and later represented Halifax County from 1768 to 1770, Barrington township from 1772 to 1785 and Halifax township from 1785 to 1792 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He was accused of being an American Patriot and led the efforts against Governor Francis Legge.
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Jeptha became a professional boxer in South Africa before the age of 18 years, fighting as a professional in the Vaudeville Theatre and also in Fillis' Circus. He started his boxing career in England as a booth fighter and was reportedly a big attraction for Peddlar McMahon who operated a booth- fighting business. He had 74 fights in his career, winning 32 (KO 21), losing 27 (KO11) and drawing 6. He was a popular and well known boxer.
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Lieutenant-Colonel John Fillis Carré Carter CBE (11 January 1882-14 July 1944) was Assistant Commissioner "A" of the London Metropolitan Police, responsible for administration and uniformed policing, from 1 November 1938 to September 1940. Carter was the son of Major Charles Carré Carter (1850-1888) of the Royal Engineers. He was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Having passed out as Queen's Cadet, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant into the Indian Staff Corps on 28 July 1900.
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The progressiveness of Green's character has been well received. Mike Fillis of Cult Times magazine praised the Andersons' decision to make a black character Cloudbase's "second-in-command", while The Daily Telegraph referred to the character as a "black defender of planet Earth". Kurt Barling, who wrote an obituary on Grant for The Independent, described Green as "one of the first positive black fictional characters in children's television". He praised the way that Grant delivered the character's lines, stating that his "mellifluous tones" gave Green a "serene and heroic quality".
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In June 2011, it was announced that Denis Leary and Bob Fisher were developing an adaptation of the 2011 British comedy-drama Sirens, created by Brian Fillis and inspired by Tom Reynolds's book, Blood, Sweat & Tea about the London Ambulance Service. Leary stated that he would not star in the series, but would take a small role, if necessary, in the future. In 2012, the USA Network sought to rush the developing Sirens to pilot status. However, a deal with Fox Television Studios was carefully being studied over VOD rights.
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Johnnie Cradock's style of dress, his love of wine, and the on-screen "hen-pecked" relationship he shared with Fanny were all ripe for mimicry. Both Fanny and Johnnie were parodied by The Two Ronnies and on The Benny Hill Show, with Bob Todd as an invariably drunk Johnnie serving as a foil to Hill's portrayal of Fanny. Fear of Fanny, a television drama on the career of the Cradocks, based on the stage show by Brian Fillis was broadcast in October 2006 on BBC Four as one of a series of culinary-themed dramas. Johnnie Cradock was portrayed by Mark Gatiss.
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Peel also argues that of all Gerry Anderson's series, it is Stingray in which his preferred "tongue-in-cheek" style of humour is most prominent. Mike Fillis of TV Zone magazine regards Stingray as less "ambitious" than Thunderbirds but compares its "self-awareness" favourably to the "po-faced rigidity" of Captain Scarlet. He also praises its "well-drawn" characters and describes the water-based special effects as "surprisingly elegant". Paul Cornell, Martin Day and Keith Topping, authors of The Guinness Book of Classic British TV, view the effects as more "realistic" than those of earlier Anderson series.
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The Curse of Steptoe is a television play which was first broadcast on 19 March 2008 on BBC Four as part of a season of dramas about television personalities. It stars Jason Isaacs as Harry H. Corbett and Phil Davis as Wilfrid Brambell. The drama is based upon the actors' on-and-off- screen relationship during the making of the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son, and is based on interviews with colleagues, friends and family of the actors, and the Steptoe writers, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The screenplay was written by Brian Fillis, also responsible for the similarly themed 2006 drama Fear of Fanny, which is about television personality Fanny Cradock off-screen.
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The Curse of Steptoe is a television play which was first broadcast on 19 March 2008 on BBC Four as part of a season of dramas about television personalities. It stars Jason Isaacs as Harry H. Corbett and Phil Davis as Wilfrid Brambell. The drama centres on the actors' on- and off-screen relationship during the making of the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son, and is based on interviews with colleagues, friends and family of the actors, and the Steptoe writers, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.BBC press release (11/11/07) The screenplay was written by Brian Fillis, also responsible for the similarly themed 2006 drama Fear of Fanny, which is about television personality Fanny Cradock off-screen.
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Fanny Cradock's husky voice and theatrical style was ripe for mimicry, such as Betty Marsden's 'Fanny Haddock' in two BBC Radio comedy shows, Beyond Our Ken (1958–1964) and Round the Horne (1964–1968). Fanny and Johnnie were also parodied by The Two Ronnies and on Benny Hill, with Benny as Fanny and Bob Todd as an invariably drunk Johnnie. Cradock's life has also been the subject of the plays Doughnuts Like Fanny's by Julia Darling and Fear of Fanny by Brian Fillis. After a successful run by the Leeds Library Theatre Company, touring the United Kingdom in October and November 2003, Fear of Fanny was turned into a television drama starring Mark Gatiss and Julia Davis and featuring Hayley Atwell.
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Anglo-Boer War program sold at the exhibition Frank E. Fillis produced what was supposedly "the greatest and most realistic military spectacle known in the history of the world". Different portions of the concession featured a British Army encampment, several South African native villages (including Zulu, San, Swazi, and Ndebele) and a arena in which soldiers paraded, sporting events and horse races were held and major battles from the Second Boer War were re-enacted twice a day. Battle recreations took 2–3 hours and included several Generals and 600 veteran soldiers from both sides of the war. At the conclusion of the show, the Boer General Christiaan de Wet would escape on horseback by leaping from a height of into a pool of water.
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Mike Fillis of Cult Times magazine considers "Big Ben Strikes Again" a highlight of Captain Scarlet, describing the episode's scale model work as "superb". Gary Russell, writing for What DVD magazine, cites the episode's first act (which he describes as being devoted to Macey's "paranoia") as an example of Captain Scarlets relative maturity for a children's TV series, as well as the series' "sense of darkness ... and real drama". Chris Bentley, author of Captain Scarlet: The Vault, describes the scenes of Captains Scarlet and Blue rushing to the construction site as "fostering unbearable tension", which he argues is heightened by Spectrum's defeat in the previous episode, "Winged Assassin". Media historian Nicholas J. Cull argues that "Big Ben Strikes Again", along with the later episodes "Treble Cross" and "Expo 2068", demonstrates scriptwriter Tony Barwick's partiality to storylines highlighting the dangers of nuclear technology.
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With the money, he was able to buy 10 Brookside Close and, after years of hanging around, finally moved into the neighbourhood. However, things soon soured when rival dealers targeted the house in a drive-by shooting, which killed Jackie's cat, and Jimmy decided to get out of the game before anyone got hurt. Jimmy's son-in-law (and partner in crime) Gary Stanlow (Andrew Fillis) was ordered to dispose of the remaining drugs, but Gary chose instead to sell one final stash to one of Jimmy's regular customers, Australian soap star Shane Cochrane (who was in a relationship with Jacqui Dixon (Alexandra Fletcher)). Jimmy was horrified when Gary admitted what he had done, as the heroin was uncut, and tried desperately to reach Shane in time, but was just too late to stop him fatally overdosing.
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Among the councillors defending their seats in the election was the Conservative council leader, Geoffrey Roberts, while a former Labour councillor John Fillis stood as in independent in Scott ward, after having been cleared earlier in the year of defrauding Labour party accounts during the 1997 general election. The election was seen as being a close contest being the Conservative and Labour parties, but the Liverpool Echo felt apathy among Labour voters could imperil some Labour held seats in Skelmersdale. The Conservatives defended their record in control of the council for the past year, pointing to a recycling scheme they had introduced, improvements they claimed to have made in street cleaning and they pledged to continue investing in services. However Labour attacked the Conservatives for scrapping a community warden scheme, pledged that they would end a pest control charge and would provide a new cemetery for the area.
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